7 d. ago Trump falsely claims that national guard troops are ‘in place’ in Portland

On a post on social media, the president says guards had been deployed, while no members were presentDonald Trump once again shared misinformation about Portland, Oregon, on social media on Wednesday, when he announced that the national guard troops he called up in response to a small protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) office in the otherwise tranquil city are “now in place” and have begun restoring “LAW AND ORDER”.However, Portland’s NBC News affiliate KGW reported 90 minutes after Trump’s social media post that no members of the guard were yet in place around the Ice field office where dozens of protesters have demonstrated against immigration sweeps since June. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Rochdale gang members jailed for up to 35 years for rape and abuse of teenage girls

Court hears how vulnerable girls were supplied drugs and treated as ‘sex slaves’ between 2001 and 2006Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been jailed for between 12 and 35 years.The gang members raped and sexually abused the girls between 2001 and 2006 from when they were 13. The two girls had “deeply troubled home lives” and were given drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, places to stay and people to be with, a jury heard. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Ringleader of Rochdale grooming gang jailed for 35 years for rape and abuse

Six other men sentenced to terms of up to 29 years after two girls treated as ‘sex slaves’ from the age of 13 Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been jailed for between 12 and 35 years.The ringleader, Mohammed Zahid, 65, of Crumpsall, was given the longest sentence of 35 years. He was convicted of raping two girls, identified in court only as Girl A and Girl B, on multiple occasions. He was also found guilty of offences of indecency with a child and procuring a child to have sex. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Police investigating Oxfordshire churchyard gang rape urge female Good Samaritan to come forward 'after she stepped in to try and stop attack'

The woman in her 30s was attacked by a group of men at St Mary's Church in Banbury and in the surrounding area of the market town centre on Sunday morning.

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9 d. ago Police only release description of one suspect in Oxfordshire churchyard gang rape: Officers say they are looking for a 'white man' who was part of group

The woman, in her 30s, was attacked at St Mary's Church's churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and in the surrounding areas of the town centre on Sunday morning.

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2 w. ago Ayrshire MSP hits out after social media 'misinformation' on rape gangs

Siobhian Brown has blasted 'misinformation' on social media following misleading claims about the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.

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3 w. ago Health misinformation on social media could lead to a ‘sicker UK’, experts warn

Experts at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are calling for universities, health organisations, charities to join a new network aimed at fighting misinformation

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3 w. ago Online misinformation putting women off contraceptive pill, study finds

Researchers say social media myths drive ‘nocebo effect’ of side-effects that are real but psychological in origin Social media misinformation about the contraceptive pill is encouraging women to view it so negatively that many give it up, a study has found.Researchers have identified myths spread on TikTok and other social media platforms as a key driver of users suffering side-effects that are real but psychological in origin. It is called the “nocebo effect”, the opposite of the better-known placebo effect.An expectation at the outset that the pill will be harmful.Low confidence in how medicines are developed.A belief that medicines are overused and harmful.A belief that they are sensitive to medicines. Continue reading...

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